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The Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1969: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on August 17, 1969Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 August 1969389,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 17, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
389,005 km241,716 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1969 is on Wednesday, August 27, 1969 at 10:32 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 13, 196905:17
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 20, 196920:03

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Sunday, August 17, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 13, 1969 to the new moon of September 11, 1969, a cycle of 29.61 days.